The Hasso Plattner Institute offers degree programs in “IT Systems Engineering” that are unique Germany-wide. It is a practical form of computer science study that places special emphasis on the conception and development of complex software systems. The education at Hasso Plattner Institute is tuition free.

Research in HPI’s topic areas is carried out in Potsdam and internationally at the Hasso Plattner Institute Research School. It is distinguished by its high scientific standard, practical approach and close cooperation with industry. The primary focus of HPI’s research is on highly complex IT systems.

Hasso Plattner Institute holds an unique position on the landscape of German universities. Research and teaching are concentrated in the area of IT systems engineering. The highly ranked Bachelor, Master and PhD degree programs have a high practical and innovation orientation. Design Thinking spans a bridge between Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam and Hasso Plattner Institute of Design in Stanford.

The Hasso Plattner Institute has educational programs for both high school students and working professionals. It operates its own IT learning platform - openHPI - which provides free online courses. The Youth Academy organizes computer science camps and events for high school students. Professionals can take advantage of educational opportunities in the field of Design Thinking at the HPI Academy.

openHPI: digital skills for the d!conomy

openHPI: Digital Skills for the d!conomy – How Children Learn Programming through Play

Learning how to program at home, on the go, at school or at work is possible with the digital educational platform at Hasso Plattner Institute https://open.hpi.de. In its free online courses, open to everyone (Massive Open Online Courses - MOOC), young people and adults alike acquire the ability through play to enter the commands they have learned into their own computer. The HPI high performance computers in Potsdam process the thousands of commands in real-time with the results immediately evident, for example in the movement of an object in the participant’s browser.

Hasso Plattner Institute thus promotes the dissemination of the fourth cultural foundation of culture (in addition to reading, writing and arithmetic): the programming skills of the digital age. What started in September 2014 with a course on the easy to learn programming language Python will be continued in spring of 2015. How? This is explained by CeBIT exhibitor Hasso Plattner Institute (https://hpi.de) in Hall 9, Stand D44.